I've found that hoping rarely does anything. Perhaps they need to look at root causes and invest real money for real solutions, but it's way easier to say, "we just need to get kids excited about school!"

At 21 she found Rick perry attractive? Am i reading that right? That's so incredibly disturbing.

I'm sorry, but I've seen and heard rfk jr. I've also recently seen a lot of private emails from people I've been told are very smart people but aren't. Most of us aren't marks who are going to fall for these folks like some weird reporter.

... and watched some of the Hill testimony, which i hadn't seen before. All the men on that committee, regardless of party, treated her she was on trial.

I was coming of age at a time when there was promise for better than my mom experienced, but these men made certain that wouldn't come to pass.

I was in high school during Clarence thomas' confirmation. My friends and I talked about nothing else but how horrifying it must have been for Hill. Then we saw him get confirmed. Some of the most powerful men in the world told us they weren't going to protect us, either. I recently went back...

A bunch of highly esteemed scientists who were good buddies with a pedophile and fewer women in top scientific roles...probably not related at all.

They forget who funds them, that their wreath increasingly comes from us. They're greedy fools playing with fire.

Exactly.

You've admitted here that dems will be partially responsible. There is also no "silver lining" when people are going to die. What is wrong with you?

I don't believe this. These cuts disproportionately affect the republican base and Republicans are afraid of their base. Plus, I've been alive to witness what a minority party with McConnell at the helm was able to do. Dems aren't this helpless or powerless.

And the dems are now also responsible. They're going to kill some of their constituents because they couldn't be bothered to fight for them.

Nah. Republicans are doing exactly what their base wants. Democrats, on the other hand, are not. Leadership is destroying the party.

*With only transphobes.